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When this view was taken, it was nearly 20 years after the opening of the pool in Bishop's Road.

This view is taken from the meadow beside the canal, the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal, which opened in 1815. The meadow is now occupied by 1990s housing, Hilda Wharf.

On the left is the 1938 neo-Georgian Marks and Spencer's that replaced Longleys. The rest of the buildings are in their last few years of existence.

Moving east, the route passes through Whitchurch on its way back to Aylesbury.

Having your photograph taken was part of a holiday, and these booths would take your photograph and turn out six or twelve copies in about an hour.

It was thanks to the generosity of cotton manufacturer William Atkinson that Southport got a Free Library and Art Gallery; he paid for both of them.

This picture gives us a good view of Marine Drive, built in 1894 as the sea retreated. The Drive created a large area of water around the pier, which was known locally as the Lagoon.

The sunny summers of the 1950s filled this pool, which had excellent amenities – a café, changing rooms, diving boards, and sunbathing and spectator areas.

By this time, Cromer had developed into a select holiday resort for the well-to-do, many of whom stayed in the Cliftonville Hotel (right) facing the west beach.

Framed beneath the spreading tree, which previously stood within the boundary of Whitehall before the road-widening process was embarked on in the 1930s, is this view of the Broadway looking south.

Newport grew rapidly with the arrival of the Market Weighton canal in the 18th century; it was the final loading place before crossing a short distance to the Humber.

In medieval times Tickhill, which lies 4 miles south of Doncaster, was more important than Sheffield; its castle, built about 1130, was one of the most important in the north - we can just

The elegant, classical façade of the Shire Hall has dominated the Market Square since it was built in 1798, replacing an earlier Elizabethan hall.

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul, a favourite dedication of King Ine in Anglo-Saxon times, stands on a knoll overlooking Uplyme village.

A large map showing the streets of Weybridge to help visitors has now joined the oak shelter, and the bus stop outside the Ship Inn is now more prominent.

This thoroughfare is a continuation of Westgate and Park Lane, and at 80 ft wide is 10 ft wider than Union Street, Aberdeen.

The older parts of Chipstead village are on the chalk ridge above the dry valley some 150 feet below, along which Chipstead Valley Road runs.

The streetscape is dominated by the former Burton's building, an urban interloper of 1939 with its giant Ionic pilasters supporting a heavy cornice.

On the right is St Peter's, the parish church of Blaenavon, built by the ironmasters Hopkins and Hill in 1805.

The magnificence of the church was rather spoilt by the 18th-century red brick tower with classical blank arches and windows (see photograph 35493), built after much of the medieval tower

This view is flanked on the left by the shop front of Greenwoods chemist's and druggist's shop.

We are looking towards Stair Hole, where the downlands of Dorset meet the sea, is hollowed out by vast caverns, many used by smugglers for centuries.The South West Way Coastal Footpath, once an old

When the first Earl of Dorchester purchased Milton Abbey in 1752, he had the entire village dismantled and rebuilt, moving it further away from his new home.

SS 'Margaret Jones' is loading coal at one of the moveable tips on the vertical wall side opposite the mole on No 1 Dock.